Professional's Guide to Systems Analysis

Name: Professional's Guide to Systems Analysis
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ISBN: 9780070426320

ISBN-10: 0070426325

ISBN-13: 9780070426320

Edition: N/A

Authors: Martin E. Modell

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A new edition of the popular guide presenting the concepts, tools, and techniques required for systems analysis in the workplace. The populist reference walks the reader through a project's life cycle, including planning, data dictionary, analysis, controls and auditing, and security analysis. The systems' applications are demonstrated with a variety of case studies based on industrial, financial, and publishing contexts. This edition also features new discussions of JAD, rightsizing, distributed databasing, reuse models, E-mail, expert systems, LANs, and WANs. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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List price: $45.00
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

Illustrations
Tables
Foreword
Preface
Preface to the First Edition
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Tools and Techniques	p. 1
What Is Systems Analysis?	p. 3
The Various Types of Information Systems Analysis Projects	p. 18
The Systems Life Cycle Methodology	p. 38
System Development Life Cycle Analysis	p. 52
Effects of Prior Automation: Legacy Systems	p. 64
Project Planning	p. 79
The Interview and Other Data Gathering Methods	p. 95
The Data Dictionary	p. 118
The Entity-Relationship Approach	p. 138
Modeling and Diagramming Techniques	p. 163
Analysis	p. 193
Business Knowledge	p. 195
Functional Analysis	p. 205
Process Analysis	p. 219
Activity or Task Analysis	p. 238
Data Analysis	p. 257
Validation	p. 261
Validating the Analytical Results	p. 263
Examination and Study	p. 276
Analysis Issues	p. 295
Manual and Automated Systems Examination	p. 297
Database Environment Considerations	p. 316
Client/Server Considerations	p. 346
Controls, Auditing, and Security Analysis	p. 359
Applications	p. 387
Basic Types of Systems Projects	p. 389
Case Study Illustrations	p. 418
Index	p. 451
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